JP2000142964A - Press plate sorting/housing method and system thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically carry, sort, and house a press plate made up by a plate making machine into a housing device, to eliminate erroneous receipt of the press plate into the housing device, and to save space. SOLUTION: Identification information of a designated printer in which a press plate is used and indentification information containing an address number for a housing device are imparted by an identification information imparting means 5 t o the press plates S made up by plate making machines 1C, 1D, the press plates are delivered to a first slant carrying conveyor 13A arranged in front of the respective plate making machines in the slant condition, and next when carrying the press plates up to the operation area of a carrying means 15 by a second slant carrying conveyer 13B, or when carrying then up to the housing device 21 by the carrying means, after reading out the identification information by an identification information reading out means 9, the press plates are sorted and housed into housing territories corresponding to the designated address of the housing device 21 based on the addresses for the housing device within the readout identification information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printing plate sorting and storing method and system for transporting and sorting printing plates produced by a plate making machine and storing them in a storage device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in newspaper printing, a plurality of plate making machines and a plurality of rotary presses (printing machines) are arranged, and a printing plate made by a plurality of plate making machines is manually racked by an operator. The printing plate is stored in the rack in a horizontal state by a conveyor and transported to a rack. Then, the rack is generally conveyed by an operator near the rotary press, and thereafter, the operator removes the printing plate from the rack as necessary and mounts the plate on the rotary press.

In addition, each time a printing plate is made, each operator may then manually transport the plate to the rotary press and mount it.

[0004]

However, as described above, conventionally, when a printing plate made by a plate making machine is stored in a rack by an operator, there is a possibility that the printing plate may be erroneously stored. Is difficult. When transporting the printing plate to the rack by the conveyor, the plate is transported in a horizontal state, so that it is necessary to increase the transport space, and there is a space problem.

[0005] It is an object of the present invention to automatically sort and store a printing plate produced by a plate making machine in a storage device,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a printing plate sorting and storing method and a system thereof that eliminate erroneous storage of printing plates in a storage device and save space.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printing plate sorting and storing method according to the present invention, wherein the printing plate is used for a printing plate made by at least one plate making machine. The identification information including the identification information of the designated printing press among the plurality of printing presses and the address for the storage device is assigned by the identification information assigning means, and the printing plate is transferred to the inclined conveyor provided in front of each plate making machine. Is transferred directly or indirectly in an inclined state, and then when the printing plate is transported to the operation area of the transport means by the transport conveyor for inclination, or is transported by the transport means to the storage position arranged in the operation area. When the identification information is read by the identification information reading means, the printing plate is transferred to the storage device designated by the transport means based on the storage device address of the read identification information. It is characterized in that the sorting housed in the housing region corresponding to the address.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printing plate sorting and storing system comprising at least one printing plate making machine for making a printing plate, and a printing machine designated for the printing plate provided in the printing plate making machine. Identification information assigning means for assigning identification information including identification information and an address for a storage device, a first tilting conveyor arranged at a front side of the plate making machine and receiving a plate in a state inclined from the plate making machine, and a conveying means; A second tilting conveyor for transporting the printing plate to the operation area and positioning the printing plate, a storage device having a plurality of storage areas disposed in the operation area of the transporting means, and the first and second tilting transporters Identification information reading means for reading the identification information when the printing plate is transported to the operation area of the transportation means by a conveyor, or when transported to the storage device by the transportation means; Plate making machine, identification information adding unit, first,
And a control device for individually controlling the second inclined transfer conveyor and the transfer means.

Therefore, in the printing plate sorting and storing method and system according to the present invention, at least one plate making machine is controlled by the control device to make the printing plate. The identification information assigning means is controlled by the control device to attach the identification information including the identification information of the designated printing press and the address for the storage device to the plate made by the plate making. Then, the printing plate to which the identification information is added is directly or indirectly transferred to the first inclined conveyor among the inclined conveyors provided on the front side of the plate making machine in a state of being inclined, and then is transferred to the first inclined conveyor. The sheet is conveyed from the inclined conveyor to the second inclined conveyor, and is positioned and stopped at a predetermined position by the second inclined conveyor. The printing plate, which has been positioned and stopped at a predetermined position on the second inclined conveyor, is conveyed by the conveyor to a storage device arranged in the operation area of the conveyor.

The identification information given to the printing plate is read by the identification information reading means during a period from the first inclination conveyor to the second inclination conveyor before being conveyed to the storage device by the conveyor. The transporting means is controlled by the control device based on the storage device address of the read identification information, and the printing plate transported by the transporting device is sorted into the storage area corresponding to the designated storage device address. Stored.

Thus, the printing plate produced by the plate making machine is automatically transported and sorted to the storage device and stored therein, and the printing plate is not erroneously stored in the storage device. Further, the sheet is conveyed at high speed and stably to the operation area of the conveying means by the inclined conveying conveyor. In addition, the use of an inclined conveyor makes it possible to save space.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printing plate sorting and storing method according to the first aspect, wherein the printing plate is stored in a storage area of the storage device in an inclined state.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the plate sorting / storing system according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, wherein the storage device is movable and each of the storage areas of the storage device is inclined. It is characterized by being inclined for storage.

Therefore, in the plate sorting and storing method and the system according to the present invention according to the second and fifth aspects of the present invention, since the respective storage areas of the storage device are inclined, the plates are stacked and stored in an inclined state.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printing plate sorting and storing method according to the first or second aspect, wherein the identification information providing means is an ink jet printer.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printing plate sorting and storing system according to the fourth or fifth aspect, wherein the identification information providing means is an ink jet printer.

Accordingly, in the printing plate sorting and storing method and the system according to the present invention according to the third and sixth aspects, the identification information is simply and accurately given to the printing plate.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided the printing plate sorting and storing system according to the fourth, fifth or sixth aspect of the present invention, wherein the tip of the printing plate is provided on the second inclined conveyor.
It has a front end and a rear end detection sensor for detecting the rear end.

Therefore, when both the leading and trailing end detection sensors are turned on, the conveying means operates, and when both the leading and trailing end detecting sensors are turned off, the second tilting conveyor moves from the first inclined conveyor.
The printing plate is conveyed to the inclination conveyor.

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, a plurality of, for example, four plate making machines 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D are arranged at appropriate intervals in the horizontal direction in FIG.
Plate-making machine control device 3 for controlling the operation of B, 1C and 1D
Is disposed on the left side in FIG. 1 of the plate making machine 1A, for example. The plate making machines 1A to 1D are controlled by the plate making machine control device 3, and each printing plate S is made.

Each of the plate making machines 1A to 1D is provided with an ink jet printer 5 as an example of identification information providing means. A control device 7 for identification information providing means for controlling the operation of each ink jet printer 5 is arranged on the left side in FIG. When the operation of each ink jet printer 5 is controlled by the control device 7 for the identification information providing means, as shown in FIG. A data mark DM as an example of identification information including an address number as an address of each storage area provided in the storage device, which will be described later, and a number of a specified printing press among a plurality of omitted printing presses is provided. You. Then, for example, the CCD camera 9 as an example of identification information reading means for reading the data mark DM attached to the plate S is, for example, a plate making machine 1A.
And 1B. As shown in FIG. 3, the data mark D of each plate S
M is read.

At the front of the plate making machines 1A to 1D, a tilting device for tilting the plate S after applying the data mark DM to the plate S made by plate making, bending both ends of the plate S to the back side. 11 are provided. For example, a first inclined conveyor 13A of the inclined conveyors 13 is disposed in front of the plate making machines 1C and 1D, and a second inclined conveyor 13A is provided on the left side of the first inclined conveyor 13A on the left side in FIG. Transport conveyor 13B is arranged. Plural first inclined conveyors 13A, second inclined conveyors 13B
Are controlled by the conveyor control device 14.

A transfer robot 15 as an example of transfer means is disposed in front of the plate making machines 1A and 1B. As the transfer robot 15, a known robot capable of, for example, six-axis control is used, and a suction device 17 for sucking the printing plate S is provided at a leading end. Moreover, the control means 19 for the transport means for controlling the operation of the transport robot 15
Is disposed on the left side of the transfer robot 15 in FIG. The second tilting conveyor 13B needs to be arranged in the operation area of the transfer robot 15. Further, a plurality of, for example, three storage devices 21 are arranged in the operation area of the transfer robot 15.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the tilting device 11 provided at the front part of the plate making machines 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D has a rotating shaft extending in the vertical direction in FIG. The right ends of the plurality of support plates 25 in FIG. 4 and FIG.
The tip of a piston rod 31 mounted on a fluid cylinder 29 mounted on a frame 27 is mounted below one of the plurality of support plates 25.

On the other hand, a rotating shaft 33 extends vertically in FIG. 4 on the left side of the frame 27 in FIG. 5, and the rotating shaft 33 is provided between the support plates 25 in FIG. A plurality of support plates 35
The lower end of each support plate 3 is mounted.
5 is supported in an inclined state as shown by a solid line in FIG. In addition, a tip of a piston rod 39 mounted on a fluid cylinder 37 mounted on the frame 27 is mounted on a lower portion of one of the plurality of support plates 35. The frame 27
In FIG. 5, an inclined table 41 is provided on the left side. Reference numerals 43 and 45 indicate conveyors.

With the above configuration, each of the plate making machines 1A, 1B, 1
After the printing plate S made by C and 1D is provided with the data mark DM by the ink jet printer 5, both ends of the printing plate S are bent. Next, when the printing plate S is conveyed to the support plate 25 in FIG. 5, the fluid cylinder 29 is operated to contract the piston rod 31, and each support plate 25 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. It turns around and is tilted to the position of the two-dot chain line.

Next, when the fluid cylinder 37 is operated to extend the piston rod 39, the support plate 3
5 rotates counterclockwise around the rotation shaft 33 and rotates to the position shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG.
The printing plate S is temporarily stocked in a state where the plate S is inclined and the surface thereof is in contact with the inclined table 41.

A guide rail 47 extending in the left-right direction in FIG. 5 is provided above the tilting device 11. The left end of the guide rail 47 is supported in a cantilevered state by an upright supporting frame 49. The guide rail 47 is provided with a self-propelled loader 51 movable in the left-right direction. A fluid cylinder 53 is integrated with a lower portion of the loader 51, and a suction frame 57 is attached to a lower portion of a piston rod 55 mounted on the fluid cylinder 53. The suction frame 57 is provided with a plurality of suction pads 59.

With the above structure, the loader 51 is positioned at the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 5, the fluid cylinder 53 is operated, the piston rod 55 is moved downward, and the back surface of the printing plate S stocked on the inclined table 41 is removed. The suction is performed by the plurality of suction pads 57. Then, after moving the piston rod 55 upward, the loader 51 is moved and positioned at the position shown by the two-dot chain line. Next, the printing plate S is transferred to the first inclined conveyor 13A by moving the piston rod 55 downward. In this state, after releasing the suction pad 59 from the plate S, the piston rod 55 is returned to the original position, and the loader 51 is returned to the original position.

The inclining conveyor 13 is a plate making machine 1
C, 1D first tilting conveyor 1 provided in front of
3A and the second provided in the operation area of the transfer robot 15.
And the conveyor 13B for inclination.
The first inclined conveyor 13A and the second inclined conveyor 13B are arranged in series. Moreover, the first inclined conveyor 13A is the second inclined conveyor 13B.
However, the structure is almost the same except that the length in the left-right direction is long.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the first inclined conveyor 13A and the second inclined conveyor 13B are connected to front support frames 61L and 61R which are erected at appropriate intervals in the left-right direction. Rear support frames 63L, 63
R is provided. The rear support frames 63L, 63R
An inclined support plate 65 is attached to the front surface of. A plurality of bearings 67 are provided on the right side support plate 65 of the first and second inclined conveyors 13A and 13B at appropriate intervals in the vertical direction. Extended rotatable drive shaft 69
Is supported. The drive shaft 69 has a drive pulley 71
Are provided, and the first and second inclined transfer conveyors 13A, 1A are provided.
A driven pulley 73 is provided on each left side of 3B. A timing belt 75 is wound around each of the driven pulleys 73 and the driving pulley 71. In addition, each driven pulley 73 is provided with a tension adjusting device 77 for adjusting the tension of the timing belt 75.

A rotatable driving pulley 79 is supported below each of the right support plates 65, and a rotatable driven pulley 81 is supported below each of the left support plates 65. A timing belt 83 is wound around the driven pulley 81 and the driving pulley 79.

As shown in FIG. 7, the front support frame 61R is provided with a gear motor 85 with a brake, and the motor 85 is provided with an output shaft 89 via a speed reducer 87. A bevel gear 91 is connected to the output shaft 89, and another bevel gear 93 is meshed with the bevel gear 91. Moreover, the bevel gear 93 is mounted below the drive shaft 69. A drive pulley 79 is connected to the bevel gear 91 via a connection shaft 95.

With the above configuration, when the motor 85 is driven, the output shaft 89 is rotated via the speed reducer 87. By the rotation of the output shaft 89, the drive shaft 69 is rotated via the bevel gears 91 and 93. The rotation of the drive shaft 69 causes the timing belt 75 to run and rotate via the drive pulley 71 as indicated by the arrow in FIG.
In addition, when the bevel gear 91 is rotated, the timing belt 83 runs and rotates in synchronization with the timing belt 75 via the connecting shaft 95 and the driving pulley 79.

FIG. 6 of the second inclined conveyor 13B.
At the right end, an end stopper 97 for stopping the movement of the printing plate S is provided, and a front and rear end detecting sensors 99 and 101 for detecting the front and rear ends of the printing plate S.
Is provided.

According to the above configuration, when the printing plate S is transferred from the tilting table 41 onto the first tilting conveyor 13A, the front surface and the lower portion of the printing plate S come into contact with the timing belts 75 and 83, respectively, to be in the tilted state. Become. In this state, the timing belts 75 and 83 are conveyed by being synchronously driven to rotate rightward as shown by the arrow in FIG. 6, and the printing plate S is conveyed from the first conveyer 13A to the second conveyer. It is delivered to the conveyor 13B.

The timing belts 75 and 83 run rightward as indicated by the arrows in a state where the front and lower portions of the plate S abut on the timing belts 75 and 83 of the second inclined conveyor 13B (in an inclined state). The plate S is rotated and carried out, and the printing plate S abuts against the end stopper 97 to stop the movement, thereby performing the movement positioning. In this state, the front end detection sensor 99 and the rear end detection sensor 101 are turned on. This ON signal is sent to the control device 19 for the transfer means, and the transfer robot 15 is operated, and the plurality of suction pads 1 provided on the suction device 17 as shown in FIG.
7A, the back surface of the printing plate S is sucked, and a plurality of storage devices 2
The sheet is conveyed to the designated storage device 21 out of one.

When the back surface of the printing plate S is sucked and separated from the second inclined conveyor 13B by the suction pad 17A, the leading edge detecting sensor 99 and the trailing edge detecting sensor 101 are turned off.
Timing belt 7 of the first inclined conveyor 13A
As shown by the arrow in FIG. 6, the plates 5, 83 rotate rightward, and the printing plate S on the first inclined conveyor 13A is conveyed to the second inclined conveyor 13B.

The printing plate S of the first tilting conveyor 13A provided on the front side of the plate making machine 1D has no printing plate S on the first tilting conveyor 13A provided on the front side of the plate making machine 1C. In addition, it is controlled by the conveyor control device 14 so as to be conveyed to the first inclined conveyor 13A on the front side of the plate making machine 1C.

In FIG. 1, the printing plate S produced by the plate making machines 1A and 1B is transported to a tilting device 11 provided on the front side, and since the tilting device 11 is in the operation area of the transport robot 15, The transfer robot 15 conveys the storage device 21 to the designated storage device 21 among the plurality of storage devices 21 without using the inclined conveyor 13.

The suction pad 17 of the transfer robot 15
The printing plate S absorbed by A is, for example, a plate making machine 1A and a plate making machine 1B.
The data mark DM provided on the surface of the printing plate S is read by the CCD camera 9 provided on the front side between them.

The storage device 21 is, for example, shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG.
The frame 103 is provided with a plurality of, for example, three levels of storage sections 105A, 105B, and 105C. As shown in FIG. 9, each of the storage sections 105A, 105B, and 105C is provided with a plurality of, for example, twenty storage areas 107 for storing the printing plate S in an inclined state. In addition, each storage area 107 is marked with an address number, for example, as shown in FIG.

Accordingly, when the plate S is sucked by the suction pad 17A of the transfer robot 15, and the data mark DM marked on the surface of the plate S is read by the CCD camera 9 in this state, the data mark DM is read. It is taken into the control device 19 for the conveyance means. The transfer robot 15 is controlled based on the storage device address number in the data mark DM and stored in the storage area 107 of the specified storage device 21. In the storage area 107,
It is easily accommodated in a state inclining from a direction perpendicular to the paper surface in FIG. 9 and a left-right direction in FIG. Thus, the printing plate S can be stably stored in an inclined state, and can be stored in an overlapping manner without erroneous storage and without damaging the surface.

Frame 103 in each storage device 21
The wheels 109 are provided on the front, rear, left and right of the lower part of the printer, so that the designated storage devices 21 can be carried by an operator to a printing machine (not shown).

Accordingly, the printing plate S produced by the plate making machines 1A to 1D can be automatically conveyed and sorted to the storage device 21 and stored therein, and erroneous storage of the printing plate in the storage device 21 can be eliminated. . In addition, the first and second inclined transfer conveyors 13A and 13B can stably transfer the operation area of the transfer robot 15 at high speed. Furthermore, the first and second inclined conveyors 13A, 13
Since B is used, space can be saved. Further, since the respective storage areas 107 of the storage device 21 are inclined, the printing plates S can be stacked and stored in an inclined state. By using the ink jet printer 7 as the identification information providing means, the identification information can be easily and accurately given to the printing plate S.

Further, the front and rear end detection sensors 99 and 10
When both are turned ON, the transfer robot 15 operates, and the leading end,
When both of the trailing end detection sensors 99 and 101 are turned off, the printing plate S can be smoothly transported from the first inclined conveyor 13A to the second inclined conveyor 13B.

FIG. 11 shows an arrangement relationship of other devices in place of FIG. In FIG. 11, plate making machines 1A to 1D
Is provided on the front side of the first tilting conveyor 13A, the second tilting conveyor 13B is arranged at the leftmost left end of the first tilting conveyor 13A, and the transfer robot 15 and each storage device are sequentially arranged to the left. 21 may be arranged. In this case, the space on the lower side in FIG. 11 can be further reduced.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, but can be embodied in other modes by making appropriate changes. Although the most preferred ink jet printer has been described as an example of the identification information providing means, the identification information may be provided by a laser printer, a marker, a bar code printer, or the like. Further, the plate S made by the plate making machines 1A to 1D can be used without using the tilt table 41 of the tilt device 11,
You may make it convey directly to the 1st inclination conveyance conveyor 13A, and may mount it. In this case, the guide rail 47
There is no need for a conveying means from the suction pad 59 to the suction pad 59.

[0049]

As can be understood from the above description of the embodiments of the present invention, according to the first and fourth aspects of the present invention, at least one plate making machine is controlled by the control device to form a plate. Is done. The identification information assigning means is controlled by the control device to attach the identification information including the identification information of the designated printing press and the address for the storage device to the plate made by the plate making. Then, the printing plate to which the identification information is added is directly or indirectly transferred to the first conveying conveyor for inclination of the conveying conveyors provided on the front side of the plate making machine in a state of being inclined, and then the first inclined plate is transferred to the first inclined conveyor. Is conveyed from the transfer conveyor for use to the second inclined transfer conveyor, and is stopped at a predetermined position by the second transfer conveyor for inclination. The printing plate, which has been positioned and stopped at a predetermined position on the second inclined conveyor, is conveyed by the conveyor to a storage device arranged in the operation area of the conveyor.

The identification information attached to the printing plate is read by the identification information reading means from the first inclined conveyor to the second inclined conveyor before being conveyed to the storage device by the conveyor. The transport unit is controlled by the control unit based on the storage device address number of the read identification information, and the printing plate transported by the transport unit is stored in the storage area corresponding to the designated storage device address. Sorted and stored.

Thus, the printing plate produced by the plate making machine can be automatically transported and sorted to the storage device and stored therein, and erroneous storage of the printing plate in the storage device can be eliminated. Further, the printing plate can be transported at high speed and stably to the operation area of the transport means by the inclined transport conveyor. In addition, the use of an inclined conveyor makes it possible to save space.

According to the second and fifth aspects of the present invention, since the respective storage areas of the storage device are inclined, the printing plates can be stored in a stacked state in an inclined state, and the surface of the printing plate is not damaged. Can be prevented.

According to the third and sixth aspects of the present invention, identification information can be easily and accurately given to a printing plate.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, when both the leading and trailing end detection sensors are turned on, the conveying means is operated, and when both the leading and trailing end detecting sensors are turned off, the second inclined conveyor is moved from the first inclined conveyor. Plate can be smoothly transported to the transport conveyor.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an example of a plate sorting / storing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram for giving a data mark to a printing plate by an ink jet printer.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram in which a data mark provided on a printing plate is read by a CCD camera.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged plan view of the tilting device.

FIG. 5 is a side view of FIG.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged front view of the tilting conveyor as viewed from the arrow VI in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a side view of FIG.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a state in which the printing plate is sucked by a suction device provided at a tip of a transfer robot.

FIG. 9 is a front view of the storage device.

FIG. 10 is a side view of FIG.

FIG. 11 is a plan view showing another example of the plate sorting / storing system of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1A-1D Plate making machine 3 Control device for plate making machine 5 Ink jet printer (identification information provision means) 7 Control device for identification information provision means 9 CCD camera (identification information reading means) 11 Tilt device 13 Tilt conveyor 13A First tilt Transport conveyor 13B Second tilt transport conveyor 14 Transport conveyor control device 15 Transport robot (transport means) 17 Suction device 17A Suction pad 19 Transport device control device 21 Storage device 99 Lead detection sensor 101 Rear detection sensor 107 Storage area S printing plate

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A printing plate produced by at least one plate making machine, comprising: identification information of a designated printing press of a plurality of printing presses using the printing plate; and identification information including an address for a storage device. Is transferred by an identification information providing means, and the printing plate is directly or indirectly transferred to a tilting conveyor arranged in front of each plate making machine in a state of being tilted, and then the printing plate is transferred by the tilting conveyor. When transporting to the operation area of the above, or when transporting to the storage device arranged in the operation area by the transporting means, after reading the identification information by the identification information reading means, the storage of the read identification information is performed. A printing plate sorting and storing method, wherein printing plates are sorted and stored in a storage area corresponding to an address of a storage device designated by the transport means based on the device address. 2. The printing plate sorting and storing method according to claim 1, wherein the printing plate is stored in a storage area of the storage device in an inclined state. 3. The printing plate sorting and storing method according to claim 1, wherein the identification information providing means is an ink jet printer. 4. At least one plate making machine for making a plate, and identification information including identification information of a printing machine designated for the plate made by the plate making machine and an address for a storage device. Identification information providing means for providing a first plate, a first tilting conveyor which is arranged in front of the plate making machine and receives the plate in an inclined state from the plate making machine, and transfers the plate to the operation area of the transfer means and positions the plate. A second tilting conveyor, a storage device arranged in an operation area of the conveying means and having a plurality of storage areas, and the first and second tilting conveyors for transferring the printing plate to an operation area of the conveying means. Identification information reading means for reading the identification information when transporting or transporting to the storage device by the transportation means; the plate making machine, the identification information providing means; And a control device for individually controlling the conveyor and the conveying means. 5. The printing plate sorting / storage system according to claim 4, wherein the storage device is movable and each storage area of the storage device is inclined to store the printing plate in an inclined state. . 6. The printing plate sorting and storing system according to claim 4, wherein the identification information providing means is an ink jet printer. 7. The printing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein a tip of the printing plate is placed on
7. The printing plate sorting / storage system according to claim 4, further comprising a front end detecting sensor for detecting a rear end and a rear end detecting sensor.